Chip Kelly, Eagles finalize Philadelphia coaching staff

No new head coach let the clock run longer before announcing his staff than Kelly, who on Friday, three weeks after being hired divulged a cast of characters almost as mysterious as the resume of the new "sports science coordinator." The guy trained Navy SEALs. SEAL Team Six, here we go.

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First and foremost, former Cleveland Browns coaches Pat Shurmur and Billy Davis are offensive and defensive coordinators, respectively. Dave Fipp, formerly of the Miami Dolphins, is special teams coordinator.

Duce Staley and Ted Williams are the only holdovers from the staff of Andy Reid, who the Eagles fired after 14 seasons. Staley coaches the running backs, which was Williams' domain. Williams gets the tight ends.

Jerry Azzinaro, Kelly's right-hand man at Oregon, is assistant head coach and in charge of the defensive line.

Kelly is slated to introduce the staff at a Monday afternoon news conference.

Shurmur, 47, assisted Reid with the Eagles from 1999-2008 as tight ends and quarterbacks coach. Shurmur moved on to offensive coordinator of the St. Louis Rams and head coach of the Browns, who canned him after two seasons and a 9-23 record.

Davis has 21 years of NFL coaching experience, most recently serving as Browns linebackers coach during the Shurmur era. Davis had unsuccessful stints as a defensive coordinator with the San Francisco 49ers and the Arizona Cardinals.

Davis, 47, was a ball boy with the Eagles while his father, Bill Sr., worked for the club coaching the linebackers (1976-77) and tight ends (1978). Davis Sr. was vice president of player personnel for the Eagles during a portion of the Buddy Ryan in 1988-89.

The 38-year-old Fipp was assistant special teams coach with the Dolphins the last two seasons, earning special teams rankings of second and fourth overall by Dallas Morning News columnist Rick Gosselin.

Azzinaro, 54, worked alongside Kelly at Oregon from 2009-12. Azzinaro, among other experiences, was defensive line coach at Marshall University in 2008 and at the University of New Hampshire in 2007, the latter while Kelly was there.

Bicknell, 43, most recently was wide receivers coach with the Buffalo Bills, where he spent three years. Bicknell assisted the Kansas City Chiefs and was offensive line coach at Temple in 2006 under Al Golden.

Austin, 28, was offensive graduate assistant at Oregon in 2011-12 and a coaching intern in 2010. He was an offensive lineman at Nebraska.

Chinander, 33, worked for Kelly and the Ducks as a graduate assistant (2011-12) and an intern (2010). He was an offensive lineman at Iowa.

Dawson spent six of his 15 years of college coaching at New Hampshire, the obvious link to Kelly. Dawson left Boston College, where he was special teams coach, to become athletic director at North Middlesex High School. Dawson was graduated from the school in 1993.

The 28-year-old Harper is a veteran of four seasons with Oregon as an intern and a graduate assistant. He played safety for the Ducks. Harper has pedigree as his father, Willie Harper, was a linebacker with the 49ers for 11 NFL seasons.

Hingst was assistant strength and conditioning coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Huls was head strength and conditioning coach and 'combatives' coordinator for Navy Special Warfare. He's trained NFL players, professional baseball players, MMA fighters, track and field performers, wrestlers and swimmers. Huls is a champion weight lifter and Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitor according to the Eagles.

Lazor, 40, from Scranton, was offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Virginia. He served as quarterbacks coach for the Seattle Seahawks in (2008-09) and the Washington Redskins (2006-07). Lazor was an all-Ivy League quarterback at Cornell.

Lyght, 43, was a first-round draft pick of the Los Angeles Rams who spent nine years in the league ending in 2002 with the Detroit Lions. Lyght picked off 37 passes in his career. He worked for Kelly the last two years at Oregon.

Lovett has coached at eight colleges, most recently at Cincinnati. In 1984 he was quality control coach for the New York Jets.

McGovern, 50, has 27 years of college coaching experience. He spent the past 12 years at Boston College, where he was promoted to defensive coordinator.

Minter spent 10 years as head coach at Cincinnati ending in 2003. Minter mentored such NFL head coaches as John Harbaugh (special teams coordinator, 1989-1996), Mike Tomlin (defensive backs, 1999-2000) and Rex Ryan (defensive coordinator, 1996-97. Minter was defensive coordinator at Kentucky the past two seasons.